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Mediterranean diet the best prevention against prostate cancer — ScienceDaily

Men who consume colourful fruits and vegetables on a regular basis are less likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer (PC), according to new research by University of South Australia scientists. A rainbow of foods...

MIND and Mediterranean diets associated with fewer Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles — ScienceDaily

People who eat diets rich in green leafy vegetables as well as other vegetables, fruits, whole grains, olive oil, beans, nuts and fish may have fewer amyloid plaques and tau tangles in their brain...

Long-term exposure to nitrate in drinking water may be a risk factor for prostate...

The nitrate ingested over the course of a person's adult lifetime through the consumption of tap water and bottled water could be a risk factor for prostate cancer, particularly in the case of aggressive...

Taking vitamin D supplements may help ward off dementia, according to a new, large-scale...

Taking vitamin D supplements may help ward off dementia, according to a new, large-scale study. Researchers at the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute in Canada and the University of Exeter in the UK explored...

Keto and paleo diets were found to be the least sustainable — and have...

For those on keto or paleo diets, this may be tough to swallow. A new study from Tulane University which compared popular diets on both nutritional quality and environmental impact found that the keto and...

Lab opens new door to creating cell scaffolds for growing tissue, studying disease —...

How do you build complex structures for housing cells using a material as soft as jelly? Rice University scientists have the answer, and it represents a potential leap forward for regenerative medicine and medical...

Coffee with milk may have an anti-inflammatory effect — ScienceDaily

Can something as simple as a cup of coffee with milk have an anti-inflammatory effect in humans? Apparently so, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen. A combination of proteins and...

Small-scale octopus fisheries can provide sustainable source of vital nutrients for tropical coastal communities...

Undernourished coastal communities in the tropics -- where children's growth can be stunted by a lack of micronutrients -- can get the vitamins and minerals they need from sustainable small-scale octopus fisheries, say researchers. Research...

Natural language model jumpstarts protein design with creation of active enzymes — ScienceDaily

Scientists have created an AI system capable of generating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even when their artificially generated amino...

Supplementation with amino acid serine eases neuropathy in diabetic mice — ScienceDaily

Approximately half of people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes experience peripheral neuropathy -- weakness, numbness, and pain, primarily in the hands and feet. The condition occurs when high levels of sugar circulating...
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...

A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...

Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature

The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...

Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies

Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...